Greeting card



Oct. 17, 1939. MARKOFF 2,176,535

GREETING CARD Filed Nov. 29, 1957 a WMMLZk ATTORNEY Patented Got. 17,1939 UNITED: STATES GREETING CARD Theodore Markoff, Providence, R. I.,assignor to The Paramount Line, Inc., a corporation of Rhode IslandApplication November 29, 1937, Serial No. 177,011

1 Claim.

My present invention relates to greeting cards, such as Christmas andbirthday cards, and has particular reference to a novel ornamentationtherefor.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an ornamentalattachment for a greeting card or the like, which will enhance theattractiveness and value of the card to the recipient.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a device for renderinga greeting card more personal.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple attachment for agreeting card which may be removed from the greeting card and may beseparately used as a personal reminder.

An additional object of my invention is to provide an attachment for acard which is adapted to receive a photograph such as a personalportrait, the parts being so arranged as to produce a three dimensionallifelike erect.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in View, myinvention consists of a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosedin the detailed description following, and more specifically defined inthe claim appended thereto.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a greeting card comprising the novelinvention;

Fig. 2 is a detail showing the appearance of the attachment aspurchased, ready to receive an inserted photograph;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged central horizontal section through the attachmentand the associated greeting card parts;

Fig, 4. is a perspective view showing the back of the portrait frame;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the magnifying lens.

It has been found desirable to provide a greeting card with an attachedframe in which a photograph such as a portrait of the sender may beinserted, the frame including a magnifying lens which is positioneddirectly over the portrait so as to add depth to the picture and thusrender the portrait more lifelike. The parts are preferably so arrangedthat the portrait holding 5o attachment may be removed from the greetingcard and may have inserted therein a replacement back of any desiredform, so that it may be preserved independently of the greeting card ifdesired. To this end I have provided a simple 55 arrangement of partswhich may be readily detached from the greeting card, as hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawing, the geeting card II], which may be of any desired shapeand may have any desired ornamentation and greetings thereon, 5 has aportrait holder H mounted thereon at any place desired, this portraitholder consisting of a portrait frame l2, see Fig. 4, which as shown ispreferably stamped from sheet metal and is generally box-like in formand open at the back, 10 the sides and bottom l3 forming an enclosureWhen mounted on the greeting card, and the top being open to permitinsertion of a portrait, as hereinafter described.

An opening M of any desired shape, but pref- 15 erably of circular form,is formed in the frame [2, and the sides 13 of the frame are providedwith a plurality of prongs l5 in order to lock the frame securely to thegreeting card. Before locking the frame to the greeting card, a mag- 20nifying lens 16 is preferably positioned so as to extend outwardly fromthe opening Hi, the lens I6 being of greater diameter than the openingso that the locking of the frame to the greeting card will securely lockthe lens against removal, 25 while at the same time leaving a thin spacedirectly in back of the lens for receiving the portrait. The prongs l5securely clamp the frame to the greeting card; additional prongs such asHla being utilized if desired, to positively lock the 30 lens in place.As shown in Fig. 3, the prongs are pushed through the card I0 and thenbent over to effectively lock the frame to the card.

The greeting card thus contains ornamentation and printed or engravedgreetings, and in 5 addition contains a picture frame in which apersonal portrait may be inserted, the use of the magnifying lensproducing an illusion of depth and simulating a lifelike effect. Afterthe greeting card has been received, it may be kept with 40 the pictureframe mounted thereon, or the picture frame may be removed from thegreeting card and a replacement back inserted, the prongs I5 beingopened to first permit removal from the greeting card and then bent tolock the back in place. The frame may be provided with a conventionalback and an easel so that it can be set up on a table, bureau or thelike.

The preferred frame is made of metal, for ready attachment to thegreeting card; but the 60 frame may be formed of the material of thecard itself, as by stamping of the like, the magnifying lens beingmounted in place so as to permit the insertion of a photograph in backthereof.

card having a portrait frame fixed thereto, said frame having sides, abottom, and an open top, said frame having an opening, a magnifying lensin said opening, said lens being spaced from said card to permitinsertion of a photograph adjacent the lens, and a plurality of prongsintegral with the sides and bottom of said frame for looking said frameto said card.

THEODORE MARKOFF.

